The Jarbidge Mountains are a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

in northern

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. The range includes multiple sub-ranges, including the

Bruneau Range The Bruneau Range is a mountain range in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is contained within the Mountain City Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The range is considered to be a sub-range of the Jarbidge Mountains T ...

Buck Creek Mountains The Buck Creek Mountains are a mountain range in Elko County, Nevada, United States, that extend slightly north into Owyhee County, Idaho. They are contained within the Mountain City Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The ...

Copper Mountains The Copper Mountains is a minor north–south trending mountain range, only 8 miles long in southwestern Arizona in the southwestern Sonoran Desert. The Copper Mountains lie east of Yuma, Arizona and east of the Yuma Desert; also east of the ...

, Elk Mountains, Fox Creek Range, Ichabod Range,

Marys River Range The Marys River Range is a mountain range in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is contained within the Jarbidge Wilderness, which is administered by the Jarbidge Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The range is considered ...

Salmon River Range The Salmon River Range is a mountain range in Elko County, Nevada. The range is considered to be a sub-range of the Jarbidge Mountains The Jarbidge Mountains are a mountain range in northern Elko County, Nevada, United States. The range include ...

and Wild Horse Range. The central core of the range, including most of the peaks above , extends southward approximately from a point near the small community of Jarbidge. The central core of the Jarbidge Mountains, along with the Elk Mountains, Fox Creek Range and Marys River Range, are contained within the

Jarbidge Ranger District Jarbidge is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States. Located at the bottom of the Jarbidge River's canyon near the north end of the Jarbidge Mountains, it lies within the Jarbidge Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toi ...

of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The central Jarbidge Mountains and Marys River Range are also included within the

Jarbidge Wilderness The Jarbidge Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Jarbidge Mountains of northern Elko County in northeastern Nevada, United States. It is contained within the Jarbidge Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. "Jarbi ...

. Most of the other sub-ranges west of the central core are included within the

Mountain City Ranger District A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...

. The Salmon River Range is the only sub-range not included within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Jarbidge_mtns

The highest peaks in the range include: *

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Peak . *

Jarbidge Peak Jarbidge Peak is the second highest mountain in the Jarbidge Mountains of northern Elko County, Nevada, Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is located within the Jarbidge Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The boundary of ...

*Square Top Mountain *Jumbo Peak *

Marys River Peak Marys River Peak is the highest mountain in the Marys River Range of northern Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is located within the Jarbidge Wilderness, which is administered by the Jarbidge Ranger District Jarbidge is an unincorporated ...

(two miles south-southeast of the main crest in the Marys River Range) *Cougar Peak *Prospect Peak (one mile east of the main crest) *God's Pocket Peak (four miles east of the main crest in the Marys River Range) "Jarbidge" is a name derived from the

Shoshone language Shoshoni, also written as Shoshoni-Gosiute and Shoshone (; Shoshoni: soni ta̲i̲kwappe'', ''newe ta̲i̲kwappe'' or ''neme ta̲i̲kwappeh'') is a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, spoken in the Western United States by the Shoshone ...

meaning "devil". Indians believed the hills were haunted.

References

External links

Jarbidge Mountain Trip on IdahoSummits.com

Jarbidge Ranger District
{{Authority control Mountain ranges of Nevada Mountain ranges of Elko County, Nevada Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest Mountain ranges of the Great Basin